batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22022-l22106
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22022-l22106
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22022-22106
start: '22022'
end: '22106'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage condemns attributing daughters to God while despising female
offspring, warns of divine punishment and hell, states that earlier messengers
were opposed under Satan's patronage, describes the Qur'an as clarification, direction,
and mercy, and presents signs in rain reviving dead earth, milk from cattle, fruit
products, honey from bees, human aging, social inequality, family provision, idols'
powerlessness, and a parable contrasting a powerless slave with a provisioned
giver of alms.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some people attribute daughters to God while desiring male children for themselves.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: When one of them receives news of a female birth, his face darkens, he is
afflicted, hides from the people, and considers keeping the child in disgrace
or burying it in the dust.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: God gives people respite until an appointed time rather than immediately punishing
all iniquity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says the fire of hell is prepared for those who lie about God
and paradise.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: God previously sent messengers to earlier nations, but Satan made their works
seem prepared for them and is described as their patron in this world.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The Qur'an is said to have been sent down so that the addressee may declare
the truth about disputed matters and as direction and mercy for believers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: God sends water from heaven and revives the earth after it has been dead.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Cattle provide drink from their bellies, described as pure milk between dregs
and blood.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: From palm-tree fruits and grapes people obtain an intoxicating liquor and
good nourishment.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The Lord inspires the bee to make houses in mountains, trees, and human-built
hives, to eat fruit, and to follow the Lord's paths.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: A liquor of various colors comes from bees' bellies and is described as medicine
for people.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: God creates people, causes them to die, and prolongs some lives to decrepit
age and forgetfulness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: God grants wives, children, grandchildren, and good food, while the passage
criticizes worship of powerless idols besides God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: A parable contrasts a possessed slave with power over nothing and a person
given good provision who gives alms secretly and openly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker and actor who sends water, revives earth, creates
and causes death, sends messengers and the book, grants provisions, and judges
false attribution.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: People who attribute daughters to God
description: Those criticized for attributing daughters to God, despising female
births, lying about reward, and worshiping powerless idols.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Female child
description: A female birth is treated by the criticized people as ill tidings,
leading them to consider disgrace or burial in dust.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Satan
description: A being said to have prepared earlier nations' works for them and to
be their patron in this world.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Messengers
description: Messengers previously sent by God to nations before the addressee.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The addressee
description: The person addressed as the recipient of the sent-down book and charged
to declare disputed truth.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Cattle
description: Animals whose bellies provide pure milk for people to drink.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Bee
description: Creature inspired by the Lord to make houses in mountains, trees, and
hives and to produce a medicinal liquor of various colors.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Idols
description: Objects worshiped besides God, described as possessing nothing for
sustenance in heaven or earth and having no power.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Possessed slave in parable
description: A parabolic figure who has power over nothing.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Provisioned almsgiver in parable
description: A parabolic figure given good provision who gives alms secretly and
openly.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine creator and life-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates people and sends rain that revives dead earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:2
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gives respite until an appointed time and hellfire is prepared for the
condemned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: provider of signs and sustenance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God provides water, milk, family, food, and examples described as signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: role:4
label: criticized unbelievers or idolaters
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They attribute daughters to God, claim paradise for themselves, and worship
powerless idols.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: despised newborn
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The female birth is treated as bad news and may be buried in dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: misleading patron
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Satan is said to have prepared earlier nations' works and to be their patron.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: sent messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God sent messengers to earlier nations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: recipient and declarer of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The book is sent down to the addressee so he may declare the truth concerning
disputes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: animal source of milk
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Cattle provide pure milk from their bellies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: inspired producer of medicinal liquid
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The bee receives inspiration about dwellings and produces a medicinal liquid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: powerless false objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The idols are said to possess no sustenance and no power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: powerless parable figure
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The parable describes a possessed slave with power over nothing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:13
label: generous parable figure
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The parable describes one given provision who gives alms secretly and openly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water from heaven
literal_form: Water descending from heaven and reviving dead earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: dead earth revived
literal_form: Earth revived after death by heavenly water
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: pure milk
literal_form: Milk from cattle bellies, between dregs and blood
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- milk
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: palm and grape products
literal_form: Fruits of palm-trees and grapes yielding intoxicating liquor and nourishment
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: bee houses in mountains and trees
literal_form: Bee dwellings in mountains, trees, and human-built hives
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: medicinal bee liquor
literal_form: Various-colored liquor from bees' bellies used as medicine for people
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: fire of hell
literal_form: Fire of hell prepared for condemned people
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: burial in dust
literal_form: Possible burial of a female child in dust
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Condemnation of female-child rejection and false attribution to God
summary: The passage condemns people who attribute daughters to God while despising
female births and contemplating burial of the female child.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Respite and punishment
summary: God delays punishment until an appointed time, while hellfire is said to
be prepared for those who lie about divine reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Earlier messengers and Satanic patronage
summary: God sent messengers to earlier nations, but Satan is said to have prepared
their works for them and acted as their patron.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Revelation as clarification and mercy
summary: The book is sent down to the addressee to clarify disputed truth and to
guide and show mercy to believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Signs in water, milk, fruit, and bees
summary: 'Natural provisions are presented as signs: rain revives dead earth, cattle
yield milk, fruits yield drink and food, and bees make dwellings and produce medicinal
liquid.'
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Human creation, aging, provision, and false worship
summary: God creates, causes death, prolongs some lives to forgetful old age, grants
family and food, and the passage criticizes worship of powerless idols.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:7
label: Parable of unequal figures
summary: A parable contrasts a powerless possessed slave with a provisioned person
who gives alms, asking whether the two can be equal.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Revival of dead earth as sign of resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage explicitly states that God sends water from heaven, revives dead
earth, and that this is a sign of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses the natural image as a theological sign; it does not
narrate an individual resurrection event.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine judgment delayed until an appointed time
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is said to give respite rather than immediately punish, but punishment
comes when the appointed time arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The details of the final judgment are not developed in this excerpt beyond
respite, appointed time, and hellfire.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine provision through natural substances
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Water, milk, fruit products, and bee-produced medicine are presented as instructive
signs for listeners and people who understand or consider.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact 'divine provision' family; 'wisdom'
is used because the passage frames these as signs and instruction.
- id: motif:4
label: False worship of powerless idols
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts God's knowledge and beneficence with idols that possess
no sustenance and no power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy lacks a specific idolatry motif family; association with
divine judgment is indirect.
- id: motif:5
label: Parable of unequal powers and generosity
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- sacred_exchange
basis: A parable contrasts a powerless possessed slave with a provisioned almsgiver
and asks whether they are equal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives the parable but does not elaborate its interpretation
within the excerpt.
- id: motif:6
label: Destructive rejection of female offspring
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage criticizes the social response to female birth, including hiding
in shame and considering burial in dust, as ill judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy directly matches female infanticide or gendered
birth shame; divine judgment is only a broader contextual frame.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The image of rain reviving dead earth functions as a passage-internal comparison
for resurrection.
claim_level: same_function
target: resurrection motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim is limited to the function explicitly stated in the passage
and does not assert historical relationship to other traditions.
- id: claim:2
claim: The appointed respite followed by unavoidable punishment fits the divine-judgment
motif family at the level of narrative function.
claim_level: same_function
target: divine_judgment motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The excerpt does not provide a full judgment-scene narrative, only
warning language and hellfire.
- id: claim:3
claim: Natural substances such as water, milk, fruit drink, and bee medicine are
used as signs for understanding, fitting a wisdom-sign pattern rather than a single
narrative plot.
claim_level: same_function
target: wisdom motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is thematic and functional; the taxonomy has no more
precise symbol-sign category.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 22022-22031
quote_or_summary: People attribute daughters to God while desiring sons; when told
of a female birth, one becomes afflicted, hides, and considers keeping the child
in disgrace or burying it in dust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 22034-22038
quote_or_summary: If God punished people for iniquity immediately, no moving thing
would remain on earth; instead, God grants respite until an appointed time that
cannot be delayed or anticipated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 22039-22043
quote_or_summary: The passage says some attribute to God what they dislike, lie
that paradise is for them, and that the fire of hell is prepared for them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 22044-22047
quote_or_summary: God previously sent messengers to earlier nations; Satan prepared
their works for them, was their patron in this world, and torment awaits in the
world to come.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 22048-22051
quote_or_summary: The book of the Koran is sent down so the addressee may declare
the truth about matters of disagreement and serve as direction and mercy for believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 22052-22054
quote_or_summary: "“GOD sendeth down water from heaven, and causeth the earth to
revive after it hath been dead,” presented as “a sign of the resurrection.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 22055-22058
quote_or_summary: 'Cattle are offered as instruction: from their bellies comes pure
milk, between dregs and blood, pleasant to drink.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 22080-22082
quote_or_summary: From palm-tree fruits and grapes people obtain an inebriating
liquor and good nourishment, described as a sign for those who understand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 22083-22087
quote_or_summary: The Lord inspires the bee to provide houses in mountains, trees,
and materials with which people build hives, then to eat fruits and walk in the
Lord's paths.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 22088-22090
quote_or_summary: From bees' bellies proceeds a liquor of various colors, containing
medicine for people, and this is called a sign for those who consider.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 22091-22093
quote_or_summary: God creates people, will cause them to die, and prolongs some
lives to decrepit age so that they forget what they knew.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 22094-22102
quote_or_summary: God makes some excel in possessions, grants wives, children, grandchildren,
and food; the passage criticizes belief in vain things and worship of idols with
no sustenance or power.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 22103-22106
quote_or_summary: A parable compares a possessed slave with power over nothing and
a person given good provision who gives alms secretly and openly, asking whether
they are equal.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif mapping
is sometimes approximate where the available taxonomy lacks direct categories
for idolatry, female infanticide, natural signs, or parables.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
All claims are limited to the supplied passage and metadata; no external comparisons or unstated historical claims are introduced.
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